Some Interesting Facts to Ponder
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189792)
Boise, Idaho
April 17, 2023 6:50pm CST
* Blue-eyed people tend to have the highest tolerance for alcohol.
* One-fourth of the bones in your body are located in your feet
* Earth is the only planet that is not named after a god.
* Just like fingerprints, everyone has different tongue prints.
* ATMs were originally thought to be failures because the only users were prostitutes and gamblers who didn’t want to deal with tellers face to face.
* A “jiffy” is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.
* The tongue is the strongest muscle in the body.
* Scotland has 421 different words for snow.
Any Thoughts?
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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19 Apr 23
I knew a couple of them as I'm always interested in unusual facts. Others are pretty unique for sure! The Earth fact piqued my interest. Although Earth is not named after a God, you could say a God had a lot to do with its existence. 
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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22 Apr 23
@celticeagle Unless your an atheist. No judgement here. Enjoy your day!
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@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
19 Apr 23
@RubyHawk .......I wonder how they figure that it is.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
19 Apr 23
@celticeagle I'm surprised that The tongue is the strongest muscle.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
19 Apr 23
@celticeagle 
There's a reason they have that many words for "snow".
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Apr 23
Holy cow! I was surprised by all of those. I am glad to have blue eyes.
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@LindaOHio (222248)
• United States
26 Apr 23
421 words for that awful white crap? Loved the trivia.
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